This Is Your Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n Alumni frequently donate gifts that need to be incorporated\u00a0into the collection. We recently acquired, for instance, more of\u00a0Colin Farmer\u2019s collection of photos, of which we already had\u00a0quite a few. Colin and his enthusiastic Photography Club documented\u00a0a huge swath of NT history in film and snapshots. The\u00a0ever-important Maytime Melodies records and Kiwanis festival\u00a0certificates were donated by the Music Department and\u00a0digitized by Elvino Sauro, a very generous NT alum.<\/p>\n From Roy Hiir (\u201960) But not only alumni donate artifacts to the Archives. I have\u00a0recently received material from Hal Brown\u2019s family, including\u00a0his famous red-and-grey coaching jacket, which still sports\u00a0the muddy imprints of the equipment he carted around on\u00a0the backfield\u00a0of the old NT while coaching our athletes, among\u00a0them Lucia Jenkins and Mary Nishio. Well after he retired, Hal\u00a0continued to coach our track and field team, wearing that\u00a0jacket. To me, it epitomizes his devotion to NT and is more\u00a0valuable than jewels\u2014a priceless, unique expression of the\u00a0man Hal Brown was.<\/p>\n Are You a Closet Archivist?<\/strong><\/p>\n It is my pleasure to be able to help acquire and conserve this\u00a0bounty in the special Archives room at NT, but I could certainly\u00a0use some help in making it accessible to anyone who\u00a0wants to peruse it.<\/p>\n Nowadays, we can search online for NT memorabilia and\u00a0acquire it if it is reasonable. That is one job to be done.<\/p>\n Former students and teachers are very good about leaving\u00a0us their records, yearbooks and memorabilia when they\u00a0are cleaning out their closets. These all need to be catalogued\u00a0and integrated into the collection. Another project is trying\u00a0to identify the activity and vintage or year of photographs\u2014\u00a0there are literally hundreds of them waiting to be dealt with so\u00a0they can be properly catalogued.<\/p>\n So there is enough work to keep us busy for years to come!\u00a0We have a wonderful record of the proud NT heritage right\u00a0here in the school. It is indeed a treasure trove.<\/p>\n If you would like to help with this important work, please\u00a0let us know by either post or email (subject line: \u201cArchives\u201d).\u00a0Our contact information is on the last page. For generations, people who care about North Toronto\u00a0Collegiate have collected NT memorabilia. Each time I am\u00a0in the Archives room, I try to lure in the students who have\u00a0lockers nearby to admire the riches within. Just last week, I\u00a0chatted with Sophia Rutherford, a second-generation NT student,\u00a0and was able to show her the 1970s collection from her\u00a0parents\u2019 … Continue reading The Archives: A Treasure Trove of History<\/span> ![\"2nd-fl-display-case-a-c\"](\"http:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2nd-Fl-Display-Case-A-c.jpg\")
<\/a>we received, among other things, a\u00a0sweater crest in garnet and grey, the original NT colours before\u00a0red and grey replaced them. Margaret Clarke contributed photos\u00a0of the 1941 and 1944 football champs, which she had cherished\u00a0all these years and which have finally come home to NT.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014Nancy Baines, Archivist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"